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> it's a cat and mouse game now between content providers and VPN providers It's not the content providers but the movie studios, music labels and rights holde
by benedikt 11y ago
> it's a cat and mouse game now between content providers and VPN providers
It's not the content providers but the movie studios, music labels and rights holders and so forth. Netflix doesn't really care about users circumventing geo restrictions, otherwise it wouldn't be so easy
- giarc 11y agoSince January or so, Netflix has started to crack down on these services[0]. 0 - http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/business/netflix-crackdown-unblocking-1.3487368 http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/business/netflix-crackdown-unblo...
- saidajigumi 11y agoTrue, but the point is that this is almost certainly due to contractual obligations with and/or pressure from studios and other rightsholders. Netflix has negative interest in limiting their catalog on a regional basis -- it's against their customers' interests and harmful to Netflix's business.
- CaptSpify 11y agoAlthough I agree with you, it's Netflix's problem, even if it's not their fault. They, and their customers are the ones suffering